An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed

• Главные авторы: Bengt Sjögren (Автор), Maria Albin (Автор), Karin Broberg (Автор), Per Gustavsson (Автор), Håkan Tinnerberg (Автор), Gunnar Johanson (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Approximately 11 million people work as welders worldwide and an additional 110 million are exposed to welding fumes at work (1). Several countries have an occupational exposure limit (OEL) for welding fumes of 5 mg/m^3 (1, 2) and similar OEL for respirable dust (2). Given the accumulating evidence...